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Republicans wear ear bandages in 'solidarity' with Trump(www.bbc.co.uk)

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die444die@lemmy.world
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This is like saying “When I say ‘that’s gay’, I don’t mean gay as in homosexual, I mean gay as in stupid”.

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I think it’s a bit different when the word has been totally abandoned for the previous use. I don’t know anyone who uses ‘lame’ or ‘dumb’ to refer to people with those disabilities. It’s practically an archaic meaning at this point. Gay is still most popular as a reference to sexuality.

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How do you think they got to be archaic?

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AbsentBird@lemm.ee
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New words were found for the original meaning that were less pejorative, causing the slang to take over?

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